TSVC is a certified women- and minority-owned venture firm founded by Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs who were early operators at companies like Cisco and Juniper, built around the Tsinghua Entrepreneur & Executive Club network rather than traditional Sand Hill Road connections. The firm formally allocates 5% of its annual investment mandate to women and minority-owned businesses through its "Alpha Program" and has seeded multiple unicorns including Zoom, Carta, and Ginkgo Bioworks while focusing specifically on deeptech, healthtech, and data-economy companies.